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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Dec 2015 21:30 |
..and I believe Cantonese is in the running!!! |
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Dermot | Report | 10 Dec 2015 21:24 |
maggiewinchester - apparently, Spanish is running as a close 2nd to English. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Dec 2015 21:16 |
I always find the question of why so many Europeans etc can speak English, and the English speaking nations aren't too good at European languages rather unfair. |
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Dermot | Report | 10 Dec 2015 21:02 |
I listened, enthralled, to some French and German politicians on a radio show recently, as they debated in flawless English. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Dec 2015 21:01 |
I learnt it during an interesting Education lecture on 'things not being as they appear' |
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Denburybob | Report | 10 Dec 2015 20:57 |
Well done Maggie. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Dec 2015 20:44 |
FISH!! :-D Simples |
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Denburybob | Report | 10 Dec 2015 19:57 |
How do you pronounce this word? GHOTI. |
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Dermot | Report | 10 Dec 2015 17:12 |
The fake sign language interpreter Thami Jantjie, last seen at the Nelson Mandela memorial service gesticulating gibberish, is available to explain the differences between Geordie & Cockney accents. ;-) |
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Robert | Report | 10 Dec 2015 15:29 |
And there are communication problems between Geordies and Cockneys!! |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Dec 2015 15:03 |
Exactly, Dermot!! :-D |
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Dermot | Report | 10 Dec 2015 11:57 |
British English v. American English. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Dec 2015 11:21 |
That's not English - it's American English - a totally different language!!! |
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LadyScozz | Report | 10 Dec 2015 08:30 |
I found the film really annoying. |
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Dermot | Report | 10 Dec 2015 07:59 |
Sir John Cheke (16 June 1514 – 13 September 1557) was an English classical scholar who wrote: |
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LadyScozz | Report | 10 Dec 2015 00:05 |
How English sounds to non-English speakers :-S |